PMI-Product Owner Inventory

Sherwin-Williams•Cleveland, OH

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Lead digital product design efforts including how to bring together People, Process, Technology and Data design elements that provide Value to the Sherwin Williams organization. Analyze stakeholder needs, create user stories and prioritize all stories to ensure work focuses on those with maximum value that align with the business objectives. Collaborate with Product Managers to define a digital product differentiation strategy. Responsible for strategic and technical execution (end-to-end) of business user stories and coordination with business process and deployment team members. Work with the Product Leadership Team to set the agility strategy and funding requirements. Collaborate with cross-functional teams/processes to ensure a shared understanding of requirements for successful implementation, including program management, process management, data management, change management, and customers. Work in partnership with process owners to ensure the process is executed appropriately during project initiatives (Order to Cash, Source to Pay, Planning/Manufacturing/Inventory, Acquire to Retire, and Record to Report). Understand what is important to the customer, data standards, process standards; collect feedback from users and incorporate user feedback to enhance product features and usability. Understand and support inter-team dependencies and escalate issues with the coordination of the product manager. Groom the product backlog, breaking down epics & features; and estimating user stories. Track the release progress of a digital product and keep the project and process teams informed of progress. Communicate the product vision, roadmap and business intent to the development team and ensure close collaboration. Coordinate with development team, set and communicate release date and scope. Provide support to users of the Oracle Cloud enabled solution, including troubleshooting problems, answering questions, and providing training. Deliver comprehensive product training that aligns with the organization's change management plan. Coordinates cross functionally with other Operations and Supply chain teams to ensure alignment. Prepare and plan budgets to determine how to use company resources to launch new initiatives. Standardize the logistic flow of jobs within the manufacturing workshops (launching & Gantt, work ticket, job tracking wide spectrum). Work collaboratively with the Continuous improvement (CI) team to ensure processes are executed and improved. Conduct / support formal performance reviews, celebrating hard work, individual and team success. This position is not eligible for sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, including conversion to H1-B visa. Must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment without needing sponsorship for employment work visa status now or in the future. Job duties include contact with other employees and access confidential and proprietary information and/or other items of value, and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Company’s staff, employees, and business relationships. This role is not remote and will report to Sherwin-Williams Higbee Headquarters located in downtown Cleveland, OH 44113. Must be eighteen or older.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree
If relevant experience is acceptable, the candidate must have three years of work experience for every one year of college education required.
5+ years of Inventory Management, Operations or Supply Chain experience
Experience in an agile or hybrid delivery framework, or requirement development or Product Owner role
Prior Operations or Supply Chain experience
Prior knowledge of key process and technical products within planning, manufacturing and inventory
Knowledge of ERP operating systems tools and databases
Experience with and strong understanding of digital Product Ownership
Proven ability to analyze complex cross functional business process and defining integrated user stories using industry standard techniques
Product owner experience, ideally managing APIs as a product in a high paced environment, where requirement change management is key
Understanding of agile methodology, techniques, and agile tools (such as Jira and Confluence)
Experience in creating REST API documentation using tools
Hands on experience with Jira, Confluence and Mural board
Must be eighteen or older.

Nice To Haves

Six Sigma, Lean training
Understanding of Inventory management and Sherwin-Williams standards
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, tailoring to audiences
Excellent critical thinking skills and demonstrated ability to proactively manage stakeholder expectations
Ability to work in distributed teams and develop multi-level relationships
Proven ability to manage dependencies and shifting priorities
Ability to support multiple projects, facilitate meetings, and follow up action items
Ability to lead and influence without direct authority
Previous experience with designing and implementing Oracle Cloud Supply Chain modules and other cloud-based supporting technologies
Ability to utilize Continuous Improvement tools and processes
Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
Excellent communication skills to be able to influence peers and executives, as well as external partners
Strong work ethic demonstrated attention to detail, excellent time management and organizational skills.
Ability to work both independently and within a close team environment.
Ability to listen to and understand business needs.
Preferred standard industry certifications such as SAFe, CSPO, or PSPO

Responsibilities

Lead digital product design efforts including how to bring together People, Process, Technology and Data design elements that provide Value to the Sherwin Williams organization
Analyze stakeholder needs, create user stories and prioritize all stories to ensure work focuses on those with maximum value that align with the business objectives
Collaborate with Product Managers to define a digital product differentiation strategy
Responsible for strategic and technical execution (end-to-end) of business user stories and coordination with business process and deployment team members
Work with the Product Leadership Team to set the agility strategy and funding requirements
Collaborate with cross-functional teams/processes to ensure a shared understanding of requirements for successful implementation, including program management, process management, data management, change management, and customers
Work in partnership with process owners to ensure the process is executed appropriately during project initiatives (Order to Cash, Source to Pay, Planning/Manufacturing/Inventory, Acquire to Retire, and Record to Report)
Understand what is important to the customer, data standards, process standards; collect feedback from users and incorporate user feedback to enhance product features and usability
Understand and support inter-team dependencies and escalate issues with the coordination of the product manager
Groom the product backlog, breaking down epics & features; and estimating user stories
Track the release progress of a digital product and keep the project and process teams informed of progress
Communicate the product vision, roadmap and business intent to the development team and ensure close collaboration
Coordinate with development team, set and communicate release date and scope
Provide support to users of the Oracle Cloud enabled solution, including troubleshooting problems, answering questions, and providing training
Deliver comprehensive product training that aligns with the organization's change management plan
Coordinates cross functionally with other Operations and Supply chain teams to ensure alignment
Prepare and plan budgets to determine how to use company resources to launch new initiatives
Standardize the logistic flow of jobs within the manufacturing workshops (launching & Gantt, work ticket, job tracking wide spectrum)
Work collaboratively with the Continuous improvement (CI) team to ensure processes are executed and improved
Conduct / support formal performance reviews, celebrating hard work, individual and team success